Courtney B. Vance Quotes

When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to learn.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything.

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.

Actors are investigators.

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.